Month: November 2011
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TD + extra point by Piedmont puts score at 14-7 against Kennedy Eagles.
Rockets introduced …. tip off moments away. Crowd lively in Richmond
A fumble on Piedmont turns into a TD for the Eagles, Kenneth Walker III running. 14-0 Eagles.
Touchdown Eagles, No. 33 Jacob Qualls.
Kennedy and Piedmont have kicked off; Eagles in possession at the 4-yard line.
#richmondrockets blast off in less than 30 min!
Richmond Rockets play their home opener tonight. We will bring you the updates!
For the first time in 20 years, the Kennedy Eagles have a shot at the playoffs. If the team defeats Piedmont High School Thursday, first-year varsity football coach Mack Carminer said the win will qualify the team for one more game. Despite excitement during Tuesday’s practice, several Eagles players expressed confusion about the upcoming game. “Let me ask one more question,” Takkaris McKinley said. “We win, we are in the playoffs?” “What you heard on the street, from your friends,…
Childhood obesity in Richmond is getting worse, and officials are suggesting a soft drink tax to curb soda consumption. http://t.co/pTKsbELS
Sugar-sweetened drinks and street violence have contributed to a rise in childhood obesity across low-income areas of Contra Costa County, according to county health officials who worked closely on a statewide study released Wednesday.
Is Richmond a “food desert?” Richmond’s first food policy council met on Tuesday. http://t.co/2uDddhRv
At Richmond’s first food policy council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall, Urban Tilth Executive Director Doria Robinson instructed the carefully chosen participants to catalog the city’s most pressing food-related problems. The session started off quickly. As the participants introduced themselves, they cited their biggest concerns while Robinson took notes on a dry-erase board in front of the group. “We are trying to make a list, to really get a sense of the scope of all different issues that are…